The soul of music slumbers in the shell Till waked and kind… - Samuel Rogers

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The soul of music slumbers in the shell
Till waked and kindled by the master's spell;
And feeling hearts, touch them but rightly, pour
A thousand melodies unheard before!

Samuel Rogers

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Samuel Rogers (30 July 1763 – 18 December 1855) was an English poet.

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Also Known As: Bard of Memory

Alternative Names: S Rogers • Saml Rogers

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Hence, to the realms of Night, dire Demon, hence!
Thy chain of adamant can bind
That little world, the human mind,
And sink its noblest powers to impotence.

Go! you may call it madness, folly; You shall not chase my gloom away!
There's such a charm in melancholy I would not if I could be gay.

A guardian angel o'er his life presiding,
Doubling his pleasures, and his cares dividing.

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